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Jeff Lynne's ELO Announces Final Tour, Starting August 24, 2024.

Don't miss Jeff Lynne's ELO final tour, The Over and Out Tour, spanning the US from August to October 2024. Get your tickets now!

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Jeff Lynne’s ELO announce final Over And Out tour, with 27 North American shows

And so, the end is near

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“I picked up that sad song thing from Del Shannon and Roy Orbison. Sometimes sadness is the greatest thing to listen to… It’s like, ‘I’m happy now ’cos that’s exactly how I feel’”: Is the secret to Jeff Lynne’s success with ELO that simple?

It was a long lonely journey from being reviled to being adored – but for the Electric Light Orchestra maestro, it’s always been about variety

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"What was really exciting for me was watching Paul's total respect for his band members": Giles Martin tells the inside story of the final Beatles song, Now And Then

You probably didn’t have a new (and final) song from The Beatles on your 2023 bingo card, but that’s what we got, surprising everybody

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The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

Best of 2023: Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

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Why the Beatles’ song Now and Then is the most important record of the past year

It was last year’s most significant release, both a time capsule of our greatest ever band, and something genuinely new.

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The making of Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever: "George Harrison went to the store and bought a ginger root, boiled it and had me stick my head in the pot to get the ginger steam to open up my sinuses. Then I ran in and did the take"

More than 33 years after its release, Tom Petty's solo debut is still making headlines thanks to Grand Theft Autio 6. We dig into the creation of a classic album

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Love is a Long Road: Tom Petty song is the apt soundtrack to long-awaited GTA 6

Leaked trailer features late musician’s 1989 song, inspired by his guitarist’s motorbike

The Independent UK

How producers used AI to finish The Beatles' 'last' song, 'Now And Then'

Paul McCartney and producer Giles Martin used artificial intelligence to isolate John Lennon's vocals from an old demo to finally complete The Beatles' "last" song, "Now And Then."

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The Beatles have released their last song - Now and Then - 40 years after Lennon recorded it

With the advance of technology, the remaining band members have been able to liberate Lennon's 1979 song and give it new life

Evening Standard

Music doesn't get much more gorgeous than ELO's performance of Strange Magic on The Midnight Special

Join Jeff Lynne & Co. as they play a beautiful version of Strange Magic in April 1976

Louder

The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

MusicRadar

ELO performing In The Hall Of The Mountain King with an exploding cello on The Midnight Special is peak '70s TV

Watch golden footage of ELO performing Edvard Grieg's most famous composition on The Midnight Special in 1975

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The Independent UK

Gloria Estefan, Jeff Lynne, Teddy Riley, Glen Ballard, Liz Rose heading to Songwriters Hall of Fame

Gloria Estefan, Jeff Lynne, Teddy Riley, Glen Ballard and Liz Rose are being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday, with Post Malone and musical theater lyricist Tim Rice also being honored

Salon

Making "the last Beatles record" with AI

If Paul McCartney's announcement has fans concerned, maybe it's because of these unconvincing AI Beatles "covers"

Evening Standard

OPINION - Sir Paul McCartney should carry on using AI to finish John Lennon’s songs

In the weeks after the Grenfell disaster, the radio was full of ballads, big mournful songs which were sequenced in attempts to give distance and pay respects (DJs don’t really cope well with events as disrupting as this).

The Independent UK

AI helped create 'last Beatles record,' Paul McCartney says

Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the last Beatles record."

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The Guardian - UK

AI used to create new and final Beatles song, says Paul McCartney

Musician says he used technology to ‘extricate’ John Lennon’s voice from an old demo and complete a decades-old song

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney to ‘reunite’ with John Lennon on ‘final Beatles song’ thanks to AI

McCartney will sing in new recording alongside Lennon, who died in 1980

Daily Mirror

George Harrison's son Dhani is the double of Beatles dad in rare public outing

George Harrison's son, Dhani, appears to have inherited more than his love of music as he stepped out at the Chelsea Flower Show looking almost identical to the late star

Louder

From the heart: The 12 best Tom Petty songs

With chiming guitars and widescreen imagination, Tom Petty's take on Americana was as irresistible as it was authentic

Tribune News Service

Snoop Dogg, Gloria Estefan to be inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame

NEW YORK — Hip-hop mogul Snoop Dogg and groundbreaking Latin music superstar Gloria Estefan highlight a diverse list of new inductees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The Independent UK

Snoop Dogg, Gloria Estefan, Sade make it to Songwriters Hall

Snoop Dogg, Gloria Estefan, Sade, Jeff Lynne, Glen Ballard, Teddy Riley and Liz Rose have been chosen to join the Songwriters Hall of Fame

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